General Category => Restoration Projects => Topic started by: mywaymfg on March 04, 2012, 04:26:11 PM
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I spent the weekend cleaning and painting my frame. I was very pleased with the results my prep work paid off, may never be a 100 point restoration but will with out a doubt be the finest simplex in maquon il. Pop. 300 LOL
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Looking good! What type of paint did you use?
Rick
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Nylon rattle cans, three coats primer sanded out with 400 then 3 coats gloss black
was going to clear coat too but now maybe not I've got a really good shine just like it is
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Not nylon ment krylon.LOL
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Nice paint job. I painted a old motor cycle with a rattle can, It turned out real good . only thing that I did was wet sand it when I was done and buff it out . Now the Question that I do not want to ask, but need to bacause I am going to start sand blasting my bike next week. Is the paint on a stock Simplex made with laed or does it contain lead in it ? Bill Marcum 8)
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That's a good question. It wouldn't surprise me if there was lead in the paint. That said, I'll take my chances. As kids, we probably eat plenty of lead based paint!
Rick
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Only trouble I had was fish eyes, mostly in my smaller parts, trouble with rattle cans can't add fisheye eliminater wipe every thing clean with laquer thinner and if all goes well a guy can pull off a pretty good job
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Since they used a vat process to paint all the black parts, I wouldn't think they would have needed lead in the formula, but it is a good question.
Mike Sal